But, other voices like Eloquence 3.3 don't work, and newer Eloquence versions lacks a voice (known as Wade) which I love.Īnother interesting thin that I noticed is that such voices are working if I restart my Windows 10 21h2 in safe mode, I tried to configure NVDA to use the voice what I want, but when I restart in normal mode it's using one of the Microsoft's Sapi 4 voices which I installed instead of the selected voice. The problem is not the engine at all, cause I installed a pack which contains the Speakonia voices (Microsoft Sam, Mike and Mary voices). The fact is that such Sapi 4 voices work on Windows XP/Vista/7/8.x and old Windows 10 (as far as I remember it worked well in Windbut in Windows 10/11 21h2 is not working). The most used TTS API is Sapi 5, but there are still voices Sapi 4, in some cases I need to use that Sapi 4 voice cause the voice which I want don't have a Sapi 5 version, or just the Sapi 5 voice lacks a feature which I want to have. Once the voices for the new languages are downloaded, go to Narrator settings, and select your preferred voice under Personalize Narrator’s voice > Choose a voice.I usually use software which deppends on TTS software.

This will take you to the Speech settings page. Under Personalize Narrator’s voice, select Add more voices. The following table explains what languages and text-to-speech (TTS) voices are available in the latest version of Windows. Next: Appendix B: Narrator keyboard commands and touch gestures When the new voice has downloaded, go to Narrator settings, and select your preferred voice from the drop-down menu in Narrator’s voice > Choose a voice. The new voice will download and be ready for use in a few minutes, depending on your internet download speed. To start the download of the selected voice, select Install. To hear a preview of the voice, select Preview. You can install all voices, but you must install them separately. Under Narrator’s voice, select the Add button next to Add natural voices. Open Narrator Settings by pressing the Windows logo key + Ctrl + N. To use one of the natural voices, add it to your PC: Not sure which version of Windows you have? See: Find Windows version. Narrator supports three natural sounding voices in Windows 11, version 22H2 and later.

Once the voices for the new languages are downloaded, go to Narrator settings, and select your preferred voice from the dropdown menu in Narrator’s voice > Choose a voice. The new voices will download and be ready for use in a few minutes, depending on your internet download speed. Select the language you would like to install voices for and select Add. Under Narrator’s voice, select Add legacy voices. Open Narrator settings by pressing the Windows logo key + Ctrl + N. To use one of these voices, add it to your PC: Note: Narrator also provides three US English natural sounding voices, refer to section Natural voices.

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